Applications, computers, file shares all utilize AD for permissions for starters. AD when it comes to SharePoint it can be looked at in two parts. The user and the security group.
The question of the day comes from Linda:
I’m having an ‘urban sprawl’ problem with my permission groups. As it stands now, I have 70 (yeah 70) groups in ADUC for 7 pages of Sharepoint content. Oy vey. My security guys have me using ADUC, but you need to use Domain Local groups in Sharepoint, and [...]